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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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